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Source of gin berries
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juniper
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Juniper were an Irish rock band from County Kildare , most widely known today as a precursor to Damien Rice and Bell X1 . The band consisted of Rice (under the pseudonym Dodi Ma), Paul Noonan , Brian Crosby , Dominic Philips and David Geraghty . They released ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"evergreen shrub," late 14c., from Latin iuniperus (source of French genièvre , Spanish enebro , Portuguese zimbro , Italian ginepro ), of uncertain origin, perhaps related to iunco "reed." Watkins has it from PIE *yoini-paros "bearing juniper berries," ...
Usage examples of juniper.
They dined on slivers of artichoke heart drizzled with a peppery sauce of black olives and capers, followed by slices of chicken that had been marinated in lime, coriander, and juniper.
So thick the branches and the leves grene, Beshaded all the alleys that there were, And midst of every arbour might be seen, The sharpe, grene, swete juniper, Growing so fair with branches here and there, That as it seemed to a lyf without, The boughs did spread the arbour all about.
To make this, use broom-tops and dandelion roots, of each half an ounce, boiling them in a pint of water down to half a pint, and towards the last adding half an ounce of bruised juniper berries.
After this it is necessary to rinse the mouth by using by preference a vinous decoction of sage, or one of cinnamon, mastich, gallia, moschata, cubeb, juniper seeds, root of cyperus, and rosemary leaves.
This one is peppermint, yes, but it also has a juniper flavour, rather like gin.
Reverend Juniper Jackman, who had come to Abominadad to upstage and liberate Cooder, only to end up his cellmate.
Reverend Juniper Jackman bent over, chest working like a bellows, retching as he tried to get his wind back.
The party sent ashore returned at night having seen no person or habitation, having laded the boat with juniper wood.
Russian olive trees that he had planted in a sea of pachysandra, or the shag carpet of juniper, or the dogwood.
Ascending, the bud of the furze, The broom, and all blue-berried shoots Of stubborn and prickly kind, The juniper flat on its roots, The dwarf rhododaphne, behind She left, and the mountain sheep Far behind, goat, herbage and flower.
There they made pause to examine a great array of juniper berries set colourfully side by side with piles of crinkly sloke, or sea-spinach.
Sunlight glanced on the linked triangles of the Thearchy as it slid down into a juniper clump beside the ditcher.
No homes visible here, just two-story walls of green eugenia and juniper and red-berried toyon backed by forests of oak, ginkgo, and liquidambar.
But it is more scientific to suppose that the growth of Juniper trees should be encouraged near dwellings, because of the balsamic and antiseptic odours which they constantly exhale.
In the French hospitals it is customary to burn Juniper berries with Rosemary for correcting vitiated air, and to prevent infection.